Weekly Growth

[Azulette]

Hi there! I've much enjoyed stumbling upon threads of weekly chick growth/progression so I figured its finally time to throw my hat in the ring! I purchased all sexed pullets and I'm pretty sure I have 1 or more cockerels on my hands (so it goes).

I'm a first time chicken owner in a residential situation so I have a small flock of black copper marans, olive eggers, prairie bluebell eggers, and blue laced red wyandottes (or I'm my case splash laced red). Was going for egg color

Currently the chicks are 6 and 7 weeks old and they got moved from the indoor brooder to the coop last week (in the central coast region of CA- highs currently in the 60- high 70s, lows of 40s).

I figured I'd do a post on each bird with their weekly? Hoping to help out others as they navigate this process as well

Feel free to ask any questions!

 

[Azulette]

BCM 1 - suspected cockerel - feathering slightly differently than the other BCM but I'm still hopeful

3W (on the right)

4.5 W (on the left)

7W - I think this may be my favorite photo of him/her

 

[Azulette]

BCM 2 - pullet - pretty mellow/docile

0W - standing tall in the food dish

3W - on the left

 

[Azulette]

Olive Egger 1 - suspected cockerel, though as a hybrid with unknown parentage, I hear big combed hens are possible! Suspected F2 olive egger that was backcrossed with a cuckoo maran (feathering on legs, color, and the yellowish uneven dot on head as a day old chick)? I had believed that HER prominent comb was due to cream legbar heritage but a crest never developed [and I don't feel that she has any Ameraucana attributes] so who knows)

(below BCM, the one with the yellowish irregular dot on top the head)

 

[Azulette]

Olive Egger 2 - suspected ameracauna x maran (has cheeks for daysss) F1 olive egger pullet (supposedly many olive eggers are black due to a sex link version of breeding them?). She is of my favorites.

0W - black one near center with small white tuft on chest

1W - had a touch of brown on wing tips and a little less white on her chest than OE3

that neck <3

 

[Azulette]

Olive Egger 3 - suspected ameracauna x maran (but no cheek tufts or muff) F1 olive egger pullet ; very talkative.

0W - in front

2W - on the left

4.5W - on the right

 

[Azulette]

Praire Bluebell Egger 1 (PBE1)

3.5W - on the left

 

[Azulette]

Praire Bluebell Egger 2 (PBE2)

2W - gray chick in the middle of the other grays (all PBEs in this photo)

3.5W - in front

 

[Azulette]

Praire Bluebell Egger 3 (PBE3)

2W - far right

3.5W - in the middle of the gray ones

 

[Farmgirl283420]

I love them I think you may have some cocks in your hands!!!! Do they have names? What's their future coop look like? are they friendly? Who's ur fave? Looking forward to learning more about your flock!